https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/trego_2_tube_reflex.html1919 is a bit early, closer to 1921-1924-ish.
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/trego_2_tube_reflex.html1919 is a bit early, closer to 1921-1924-ish.
Thats Nipper the RCA dog, the ones in the photos are old salt and pepper shakers.
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Nipper enjoyed a long association with consumer electronics companies, stretching back to the nineteenth century. In 1898, the dog’s owner, Englishman Francis Barraud, painted Nipper listening to a wind-up phonograph. By a series of twists and turns, a modified version of the painting became the trademark of the Camden, New Jersey-based Victor Talking Machine Company. Its use by RCA dated to 1929, when that company acquired Victor. By 1990, however, future use of the iconic image was in question. Would Thomson embrace a trademark so famously associated with a financially struggling American corporation? In a September, 1990 article in Thomson’s employee newsletter Consumer Electronics News, the company announced a new ad campaign centered on the famous fox terrier. “Nipper is one of the best known corporate symbols in the world,” said Thomson advertising manager Bruce Hutchison. “But bringing Nipper back hasn’t been an easy decision. Every year we’ve wrestled with Nipper’s strengths and weaknesses relative to the RCA brand.”
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Marty Holleran, Thomson Americas Sales and Marketing Executive Vice President, with “Nipper” and “Little Nipper”/”Chipper”, Consumer Electronics News (Indianapolis, IN), September 10, 1990
Musichal, the reflex design essentially feeds back just the demodulated audio to the RF front end; the input tube is pressed into double-duty: it amplifies both the RF and the AF (audio frequencies) at the same time. This gives a large gain without a heterodyne squeal so common to regenerative receivers.
Surround is not my thing, and stereo is so... yesterday. Sick of all of it. I want to go back to yesteryear, to a simpler time. A time when choices weren't so plentiful, and everything worked well together. A return to national greatness.
So I had my friend Chad put it all on the curb out front. The Levinson? On the curb. The Klipsch Forte, Monitor Audio Silver 6, dual SVS subs? Waiting for some fool to try to pick them up - bless his/her poor back. Three Polk subs, Sony XDR-F1HD tuner, three Sony 400-disc players full of discs, a Sherwood tube tuner, Emotiva PT-100, Adcom GFA-535, Cambridge Audio, NuForce, ELAC, Pro-Ject, NAD, Onkyo Integra, two or three cheapie class d amps, five pairs of small speakers, and more? On the curb.
Can you spell scroe? Better get here quick.
I no longer need all that junk because my AK friend Sanford12 hooked me up with my dream system:
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You turn it on, you choose a great am station. What could be simpler?
1948 RCA Victor 8X542
an All-American Five
70 years old and still doin' fine, it is.
Singing whatever comes into my mind while I am in the shower.
Looks like your enjoying your radio Hal. Happy to see it in good hands. You may have started something here
This makes me sad. I blew up a working one of these 2 weeks ago with a boneheaded move. Haven't figured what I messed up yet. Keeping my eyes open for a junker with a good chassis.
Does anyone remember a radio station out of Little Rock AK. In the 60's/70's they had a show that came on about midnight called either Beaker or Bleaker Street that played good rock of the day. First time I ever heard All Along the Watchtower. Damn powerful station. We could pick it up in central Illinois. It was wonderful. Like you were getting away with something.
Too much more information;Musichal, the reflex design essentially feeds back just the demodulated audio to the RF front end; the input tube is pressed into double-duty: it amplifies both the RF and the AF (audio frequencies) at the same time. This gives a large gain without a heterodyne squeal so common to regenerative receivers.
The National Metal Toy Company in Malden, Massachusetts entered the emerging "radio craze" market by supplying the specialized parts for the popular Browning Drake circuit. Many National Browning Drake receivers have survived, I found one with an AC hv supply kit built on in a thrift store basement in the early 1960s, along with a 1923-ish period typical three tube regen with deForest tubes and a glorious CA 1924-25 RCA/ Victor radiogram with a two dial catacomb battery receiver inbuilt with a horn driver with a sound diverter valve on the phono horn for the radio speaker. I bought the NBD and deForest, but not the radiogram.
BTW, I'm a little bit more upper crust....
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